Georgetown, Guyana
Securicor
February 17, 2006 Stabroek News
Three Securicor employees accused of stealing over $1M after being told to deposit
the money at Scotia Bank, yesterday appeared in the George-town Magistrate's
Court. Julian Velloza, 43, of 1059 Tucville, Victor Mc Clean, 46, of 3 George Street, Werk-en-Rust and Mark Argyle, 33, of 5 Nismes Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara
were not required to plead to the indictable charge and they were remanded to
prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan. It is alleged that on
January 20 the trio stole $1,002,080 from Fareeda
Khan. According to the facts of the case, the trio worked at the security
firm where they were required to pick up money from different companies and
deposit it at Scotia Bank. On the day in question they were instructed to
pick up the money from Khan and take it to the bank. When she later checked
she discovered that the money had not been deposited. A report was made and
following investigations, the three Securicor employees were arrested and
charged.
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